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Antennarius ocellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) 
AphiaID: 158789

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lophiiformes (Order) > Antennariidae (Family) > Antennariinae (Subfamily) > Antennarius (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Fowlerichthys ocellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Rank Species
Parent Antennarius Lacepède, 1798
Sources  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

basis of record: Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.  [details]

basis of record: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English ocellated frogfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Western Atlantic: 43.9°N to Venezuela, including eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico and continental coastal regions of the Caribbean Sea, with a single record from the Bahamas [details]

Habitat: Inhabits rocky and coral reefs.  [details]

Habitat: nektonic [details]

Importance: Social- Commercial, fishery and aquarium fish [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158789
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-27 07:39:43Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
2013-01-08 14:26:18Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Antennarius ocellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158789 on 2013-05-21
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